Businesses in London and Manchester must review their Fire Emergency Plans before they reopen after Lockdown to ensure Staff and members of the Public are kept safe.

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Businesses’ across London and Manchester will be reopening after weeks of lockdown – but we still must adhere to the Covid-19 secure guidelines. Whilst this is of course a priority so to is reviewing the Fire Safety Emergency Plan for the Business!

Keeping Staff and members of the Public safe in an emergency is imperative and the existing Fire Safety Emergency Plan included in your Fire Safety Risk Assessment may not reflect the premises as it is today. The following are just a few points for the identified ‘Responsible Person’ to consider.

If you are operating a ‘one-way system’ in your premise, how does that affect your evacuation plan?

Assembly Point – does your existing Assembly Point allow enough room for people to social distance?

Are hand sanitiser stations or washing facilities on the means of escape and will they hinder the evacuation or re-entry into the building?

Have you changed the location of any storage in order to accommodate a one-way system, if so check that you have maintained a clear route through the means of escape.

If you need help reviewing your Fire Emergency Plan for your premise in London or Manchester or your Fire Safety Risk Assessment is out of date you should act now!

London Fire Risk Assessments have a support team for London and Manchester and are waiting to help you call now on 07818888626 (London) or 07824 185293 (Manchester) alternatively click here.

Are you selling a Flat in London and your Solicitor has just asked you for a Fire Safety Risk Assessment and an Asbestos Report? You need it quickly so you can exchange – then look no further our ‘Express’ Plus Package is the solution.

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London Fire Risk Assessments ‘Plus’ package delivers a Standard Fire Safety Risk Assessment and an Asbestos Type 1 Survey and Report. Add to this our ‘Express’ Delivery Service and London Fire Risk Assessment might just save the day!

Don’t waste anytime call us now on 0781 8888626 or click here

Some London Flats, Maisonettes and Houses which are not Private, Individual Dwellings and are sub-let may be required to have an Additional Licence for their London Borough!

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If your property is in the following London Boroughs – Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Lewisham, Newham Redbridge, Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest, as from November 2020, there are additional licensing schemes in place.

The Housing Act 2004 gives Local Authorities the power to introduce additional HMO licensing schemes, enabling them to require the licensing of what is termed as HMO’s, Houses in Multiple Occupation, that do not meet the criteria for mandatory licensing.

On 12th February 2019 Haringey Council designated the whole Borough to be subject to additional HMO Licensing. The scheme became operative on 27th May 2019 and effectively extends licensing to all HMO’s in the borough by requiring the licensing of HMO’s occupied by three or four persons, and Section 257 Houses in Multiple Occupation.

A Section 257 House in Multiple Occupation is a Building converted into self-contained Flats where the works of conversion do not comply with the Building Regulations 1991 or subsequent regulations in force at the time of conversion, (or which has not been retrospectively upgraded to comply) and where less than two thirds of the flats are owner-occupied.

As a Premise which is licenced, these “traditional” HMO’s and the identified 257 Houses, require a Fire Safety Risk Assessment

This is not a scheme to generate more business, but London Fire Risk Assessments felt we had an obligation to identify this because, if the property is required to have, what is termed as an Additional or Selective License, and there is a failure to comply it is a criminal offence that can result in prosecution and a Fine, or Civil Penalty, of up to £30,000.

Information has been collected from London Property Licensing www.londonpropertylicensing.co.uk/additional-licensing

If you wish to discuss this further with one of our Fire Safety Risk Assessors then call us now on 0781 8888626 or click here

London Fire Risk Assessments ‘Dual’ Package is a great solution for London Offices requiring a suitable and sufficient Fire Safety Risk Assessment and a Health and Safety Risk Assessment.

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London Fire Risk Assessments ‘Dual’ Package is extremely popular with Office environments who require both Fire and Health & Safety Risk Assessments. As the Fire, Health & Safety Inspections/Audits are carried out simultaneously we can offer a £100 discount!

The ‘Dual’ Package includes a Standard Fire Risk Assessment that provides you with all the ‘parts’ required by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The Health & Safety Risk Assessments consists; Risk Assessment, Health & Safety Policy, Health & Safety Management Plan – Managing People and Health & Safety Management Plan – Managing Hazards.

If you are about to re-open your London Office after Lockdown and require new Fire, Health & Safety Risk Assessments then call us now on 0781 8888626 or click here for a free quotation.

Manchester Fire Risk Assessments are available with an Express Delivery Service! No need to wait, we can deliver a suitable and sufficient Fire Safety Risk Assessment in 5 working days!

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If you are the ‘identified’ Responsible Person for any commercial premise in or around Manchester including an Office, Shop, or you have a Flat for Sale and you need a Fire Safety Risk Assessment carried out quickly in order to complete a sale – then call London Fire Risk Assessments new Manchester division! We have a dedicated team waiting to help you.

LFRA’s Manchester division offers a Standard Fire Safety Risk Assessments which includes the following –

Fire Safety Inspection and Audit

Fire Safety Risk Assessment

Fire Safety Management Action Plan – Significant Findings

Fire Safety Policy

Fire Safety Emergency Plan

All the ‘parts’ required by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

By using our Express Service we can deliver your Fire Safety Risk Assessment within 5 working days from the Fire Safety Inspection and Audit.

All our Fire Risk Assessors are retired Fire Brigade Fire Safety Officers who have had many years experience in putting Fires out and preventing them! So why wait – call now on 07824 185293 or click here for a free quote.